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• To Shelter a Stray | The 55th Hunger Games by SercusBailey

  Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  29 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Original Male Character/Original Male Character
  • Original District 10 Victors (Hunger Games)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Mags (Hunger Games)
  • Caesar Flickerman
  • Coriolanus Snow
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Eventual Smut
  • Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence
  • Armpit Kink
  • Homophobia
  • District 10 (Hunger Games)
  • 55th Hunger Games
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Mutual Pining
  • Slow Burn
  • Angst

  Summary

  Since a young age, Elías was meant to be his family's oak tree: strong, unbending, a shelter. But fear made him a coward, forcing him to hide his true self and hurt Sercus Bailey, the boy he secretly fell in love with.

  Then, before Elías could make amends with him, Sercus is reaped to be District 10's male tribute for the 55th Hunger Games.

  Thrown into a ruined city against 23 other teens, Sercus is written off as "dead weight" by his own mentors. Back home, Elías can only watch the screens, desperate for a miracle. In a game designed to strip away your humanity, how long can a boy who heals others stay alive? And how long can a boy who hides watch him suffer?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  22,752

  Chapters:

  9/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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